Google 2 Step Verification

Google 2 Step Verification

The goal of enabling your Google 2 step verification is to ensure that just because a hacker acquires your login information, it doesn’t mean that they can access your email, which improves your cyber safety. How does it work? Most 2-step authentication services will send you a pin number as an SMS to your phone or via a phone call, and that pin number is like a second password. Afterward, you have to enter it to log into your account after entering your username and password. Also, the pin number changes every time you log in. Therefore, if a hacker wants to hack your email account, then he has to intercept that pin number or has to have physical access to your phone.

How to enable Google 2 step verification?

Here is a screenshot demonstration of how to set up a 2-step authentication on you Gmail:

First, you want to be logged in your Google account, and be on google.com, then from the upper right corner click on your picture or the icon, as shown in the following screenshot. Next, you want to click on “My Account.”Now you want to click on “Signing in to Google.”You will see something similar to the following screenshot; now you need to scroll down.Locate the “2-Step Verification” and click it.You want to click on “Get Started.”Enter your password again.Afterward, enter your phone number on this page. Then, choose the preferred method of verification, whether “text message” or “phone call.” I recommend “text message.” Now you need to click “Next.”Next, and depending on the method of verification you chose, you will get a confirmation code, usually a 6-digit number. Next, enter the digits in the field. Now, you want to click “Next.”Next, you only need to click “Turn On.”Congratulations! Two-step authentication has been activated for your Gmail account!

The next time you sign in, you will have to enter a code that you will receive on your phone before Google lets you get into your email.